Donald Trump goes berserk after DOJ releases affidavit and reveals just how guilty he is
Donald Trump demanded that the DOJ publicly release the search warrant affidavit used at his home, so he could find out who within his orbit might be secretly cooperating against him. The DOJ objected to this, and the courts of course agreed. But then the media separately asked for a redacted version of the affidavit, so it could report on it, and the judge agreed. So the DOJ submitted a redacted version, which the judge approved, and has been released today.
If Trump’s failed attempt at getting the full affidavit released ended up steering the judge toward ordering the DOJ to release the redacted version to the media, then Trump has made a huge mistake.
The affidavit, though heavily redacted, nonetheless goes into great detail about how sensitive the documents were that Donald Trump stole, including state secrets and overseas wiretap intel. It also makes clear that Trump was breaking the law simply by being in possession of many of these documents, regardless of whether or not they might have been declassified at any point. And the affidavit crushes Trump’s argument that he and his legal team were trying to cooperate with the Feds at the time the surprise warrant was carried out.
Not surprisingly, Trump is having a particularly frazzled reaction to the release of the affidavit. He’s calling the search warrant a “break-in.” He’s dishonestly attacking the judge. He’s somehow dragging President Obama into it. And there are too many exclamation points to count.
Donald Trump appears to understand just how bad this is getting for him. Just the unredacted portions of the affidavit make clear that the DOJ has more than enough of a case to get Trump convicted. Now it’s just a matter of waiting to see whether the DOJ arrests Trump soon on these charges, or waits until it has other charges such as election tampering and seditious conspiracy ready to go against Trump as well.
